Improvement in fence



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To all whom it' may concern 4cnoRGns M1tLs,oF

JoHNsoN,VEnMoNr Letters Paten-t No. 100,310, dated March 1, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' FENCE.

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. MILLS, ofV Johnson, in the vcount-y of Lamoille,and State of Vermont, have invented a. new and valuable Improvement in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specificartion, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon. p

Figure l 0f the drawings is a side view ot' my fence, with board sections.

Figure 2 is a side view of same, with rail sections.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section of 'the board fence. A

Figure 4 is asectional view of stone foundationblock.

My invent-ion relates to fences, and consists mainly in the construction and novel arrangement ot' devices whereby a wooden fence maybe built on a stonefoundation, in an expeditious, cheap, and durable manner.

The letterA of the drawings designates one of the tbundation-blocks ot' stone, into which is inserted the hook l), usually of half-inch iron rod.

The wooden portion ot' my fence is constructed with rails D or boards C, in sections. These sections of yfence are built before any of the fence is pnt up,

usually, so that there will be no delay.

Each section is composed of as many horizontal parallel rails or boards as 'may be wished, attached together by the headers e at each end, and strengthened and braced in the middle by the diagonal ties c e.

When Ait is desired to put up this fence, the stone blocks are laid around the piece of ground to be inclosed at equal distances apart. The sections of fence are, then placed upright on the foundation-blocks, the

HOVO- ends ofthe low/est boards or rails of each section being inserted under the iron hook in such a manner as to lap each other, the hook binding both firmly down to the stone. v

The fence is steadied and kept in an upright position by means lof the braces'G G, whosey feet rest on the stone block Aon each side of the fence, and which are secured together at top and bottom by the ties u n', upon which rest, respectively, the second and last rails of each section, counting from the bottom.

In case my fence is constructed of boards C, instead of rails D, one ofthe upright standards C may be omitted, and the braces G supplied, as shown on iig. 1 of the drawings. 1

In' building the rail fence the ends of thev lower rails which pass under the hook are lapped over each other, but in constructing the hoard fence they rest side by side on the stone, the hook binding on the upperedges of both'. A

The upright clamps h. h are used to bin'd together the ends of the boards (l0, andfor this purpose are passed through the slots m m cut in the ties n n.

It is apparent that my fence can be manufactured in sections, easily "transported, and quickly put together and erected.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The blocks A, in combination with the hooks l), substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two wit- USSSBS.'

GEO. S. MILLS. Witnesses:

C. C. CHADWIGK, JOHN HOLMES. 

